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Post by motionman on Jul 31, 2019 0:35:01 GMT -5
Off his new album
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Post by diagrams on Jul 31, 2019 1:01:59 GMT -5
Coincidence that I've been listening to Ras tonite
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2019 5:28:22 GMT -5
dope track. to bad SOI2 is really hit and miss like most ras kass albums though. would be a lot better if he just kept it raw but he wants to do commercial, radio s**t on a few tracks. bunch of great tracks on it though.
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Post by LEX718 on Jul 31, 2019 7:39:54 GMT -5
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Post by wubarrt on Jul 31, 2019 16:07:50 GMT -5
Sometimes I wonder why rappers with a predominately larger underground appeal bothers to sneak in a "for the radio" track when it's highly unlikely it will get any attention there. Why not be just true to your roots and satisfy the core fans??
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Post by LEX718 on Jul 31, 2019 16:42:31 GMT -5
^9 out of 10 times because it's the kind of song they wanna make. I doubt Ras Kass or Diamond D felt pressured into creating it. Ras probably wanted something with a specific tempo or just heard this and liked it and went this direction with it.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2019 16:43:42 GMT -5
^exactly. it started for ras on his 2nd album rasassination and he been doing ever since but not on all projects. i cant stand it when dudes try to play both sides of the fence (underground/mainstream) and their albums suffer because of it.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2019 16:46:38 GMT -5
just sounds weird when an album is mostly raw, underground style beats but then a few trap or mainstream and/or radio style beats thrown in and sticking out so bad. annoying.
i hear you though lex, im sure guys like ras just do what they feel but maybe not realizing it makes the album less cohesive.
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Post by LEX718 on Jul 31, 2019 16:49:17 GMT -5
As for this track, I feel like the beat is very DITC. Sounds like something Big L woulda rhymed on during the Big Picture era. Dude raps like 24 bars then there's a break in the song (no hook) and he goes straight back to spitting for like 32 bars.. If this is a "for the radio" track the radio would be the s**t, lol.. Are we listening to the same song??
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2019 16:54:11 GMT -5
^NO, i dont mean this song man. i heard the album a couple times and theres blatant radio joints or whatever we want to call them.
this joint is dope.
silver anniversary
f.l.y.
white power
shark week
guns n roses
gingivitus
opiod crises
are all dope.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2019 17:01:43 GMT -5
"midnight run" with cee lo green- a bit cheesy on the pop tip
"street superstar" on the neo soul tip with the singing hook. actually pretty dope.
"wht xt shxts" with the cheap auto tune chorus
"ll cool J" with Snoop is kinds dope but such a generic smooth track for the ladies with the soft hook etc.
"trapped music" on the trap s**t
"can u feel it" on the mainstream tip is just ok
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Post by LEX718 on Jul 31, 2019 17:06:03 GMT -5
I was responding to wubarrt but didn't realize he was responding to a comment of yours earlier in the post so that's my bad. Yeah Ras has done quite bit of that in his career. But my remark as to why remains my POV. I was like "This joint? THIS is too commercial??" lol
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2019 17:15:11 GMT -5
^ yeah man, as you said, 2 32 line verses with a hard beat and no chorus is probably not commercial.haha
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Post by wubarrt on Aug 1, 2019 8:13:52 GMT -5
I was responding to wubarrt but didn't realize he was responding to a comment of yours earlier in the post so that's my bad. Yeah Ras has done quite bit of that in his career. But my remark as to why remains my POV. I was like "This joint? THIS is too commercial??" lol LEX, I didn't mean this specific track; really liked this one. It's just that trying to get through the entire album is difficult when it's broken up by these radio tracks. It really spoils the mood and kills the album theme. Especially for an album that's the sequel of a classic that has tremendous replay value. |
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Post by LEX718 on Aug 1, 2019 9:36:00 GMT -5
No doubt. I feel y'all. I'm kinda surprised Roc Marci never really does that considering the artists he likes to listen to.
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Post by maxxx on Aug 1, 2019 13:59:00 GMT -5
^exactly. it started for ras on his 2nd album rasassination and he been doing ever since but not on all projects. i cant stand it when dudes try to play both sides of the fence (underground/mainstream) and their albums suffer because of it. ...it even started earlier, on "soul on ice" ... with "drama", "marinatin'" and "miami life", he tried to appeal to the west coast audience and mainstream rap fans but his commercial attempts sounded less awkward back then ... he would've sounded much different if he stayed close to the western hemisfear guys, just listen to the older ras kass tracks voodu or bird produced... |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2019 18:57:29 GMT -5
^ i totally agree maxxx and like you said it didnt stick out back then as much. seems like hes more all over the place now though with UG s**t, radio and trap and neo soul etc. he might think its well rounded but with production its not that simple- it ruins the cohesiveness. train wreck at a few points.
to be honest, even the beats i like on SOI2 dont stick out as really ill. he tends to pick more average beats and producers tbh.
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Post by samutahjazz on Aug 1, 2019 21:26:43 GMT -5
Ras kass hit on my girlfriend on instagram ... Even left his phone number.
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Post by diagrams on Aug 2, 2019 4:13:36 GMT -5
Ras kass hit on my girlfriend on instagram ... Even left his phone number. Luckyiam called my girl at the time , I picked up mad af |
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Post by samutahjazz on Aug 2, 2019 5:16:22 GMT -5
If he woulda been like oh s**t my bad when she said she wasnt availible i wouldnt trip at all... But he was an a*****e and sent her paragraphs so when she showed me I posted his number in a thread on ughh. Lol
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Post by olivermccall on Aug 2, 2019 8:20:12 GMT -5
If he woulda been like oh s**t my bad when she said she wasnt availible i wouldnt trip at all... But he was an a*****e and sent her paragraphs so when she showed me I posted his number in a thread on ughh. Lol[/quaote] Ras kass is like 5-2 shorter than mugsy bouges |
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Post by titooo7 on Aug 4, 2019 3:26:09 GMT -5
Ras kass hit on my girlfriend on instagram ... Even left his phone number. @no Mask where did you listen to the album?
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Post by danny manning on Oct 1, 2019 19:45:08 GMT -5
album of the year
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Post by diagrams on Oct 7, 2019 13:40:33 GMT -5
Not even album of the week |
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Post by danny manning on Oct 8, 2019 11:58:24 GMT -5
what glittery pop bi mumble wrapper you rollin' with karim ?
i'll youtube it, i need a good laugh
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Post by nomasks on Oct 8, 2019 12:12:16 GMT -5
thar new ras has a handfull of raw real tracks but noen feature a sample or drums that can make the song ILL! the other issue is that like past or even all ras albums- the album lacks cohesion as it features some mainstream/club style joints, a trappy one and the neo soul ones with singy song hooks. ras sucks at albums.
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